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Look up ‘female’ — thesaurus suggests ‘broad, bimbo’
Chicago Tribune ^
| October 25, 2016
Posted on 10/26/2016 10:58:04 AM PDT by re_tail20
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10/26/2016 10:58:04 AM PDT
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re_tail20
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posted on
10/26/2016 11:02:34 AM PDT
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IronJack
To: re_tail20
Classic “snowflake” inability to deal with reality. If the truth hurts -— step away from the thesaurus.
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10/26/2016 11:02:45 AM PDT
by
LTC.Ret
To: re_tail20
This is a the purpose of a thesaurus. It will provide synonyms and near synonyms for you. Some may be pejorative. It’s not an endorsement. I am sure some entries for male could be interpreted as put downs as well.
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10/26/2016 11:05:45 AM PDT
by
Persevero
(NUTS)
To: re_tail20
Somebody should explain to her what a thesaurus is.
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posted on
10/26/2016 11:06:37 AM PDT
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Jeff Chandler
(Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity?)
To: re_tail20
Don’t get caught up in wordage. The thesaurus reflects what has been the cultural norm. I suppose that means she wants to revise history and pretend these were never common terms.
Note: The reference to Male Adjectives; As far as I know, “Bird” is a british term used to describe women, young attractive women in particular, NOT men. I’ve never heard it used that way.
To: re_tail20
What part of “it doesn’t matter” don’t these people get?
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posted on
10/26/2016 11:06:50 AM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: re_tail20
Thanks for posting. I had a good laugh, imagining Heather’s snowflake rage.
To: PatHimself
Once you get past ‘girl’ and ‘woman’ there aren’t many neutral synonyms for female. I could come up with distaff and lady, I suppose. But it’s broads, babes, and booty all the way down.
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posted on
10/26/2016 11:09:48 AM PDT
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sparklite2
(I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
To: re_tail20
Looked up several Thesaurus references....Looks like you looked for a garbage site...
To: sparklite2
cougar....where’s cougar ????
To: sparklite2
MULIBROUS is in there ... if you want to look it up for fun.
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posted on
10/26/2016 11:12:41 AM PDT
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knarf
To: re_tail20
To: Miss Heather O'Banion
Re: "Broad"
If "broad" is good enough for Sinatra, it should be good enough for the rest of us. Embrace this term of endearment.
In the meantime: Refridge. Beer. Sammich. Thanks.
To: re_tail20
Curious that someone that interested in etymology failed to recall that originally the word "bimbo" referred to a male gangster, not a female. Oddly, the same thing is true of "bird", originally a reference to a male and now, at least in British slang, to a female. Placing some sort of sinister cosmic portent on the thing strikes me as a bit of an overreaction, but that's the history - sorry, "herstory" - of feminism...
To: re_tail20
This being the Internet age, I'm offended they don't include variant spellings, like bayb.
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10/26/2016 11:14:46 AM PDT
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BykrBayb
(Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. PTL ~ Þ)
To: re_tail20
Remember when we all looked up the word b**** only to find it did indeed mean female dog.
What a disappointment for a 10 year old.
To: re_tail20
Under "broad," you get "babe, bimbo, chick, dame, dish, doll, doxy, female, floozy, gal, girl, honey, lady, lassie, miss, moll, skirt, sweet thing, tootsie."
You need a better thesaurus, this one left out wench, bitch, slut and vixen.
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posted on
10/26/2016 11:20:28 AM PDT
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Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
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10/26/2016 11:21:10 AM PDT
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glorgau
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